http://thenokiaguide.com/2008/04/09/getting-the-most-out-of-your-nseries%e2%80%99-camera/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=getting-the-most-out-of-your-nseries%25e2%2580%2599-camera Fri, 10 Sep 2010 03:53:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://thenokiaguide.com/2008/04/09/getting-the-most-out-of-your-nseries%e2%80%99-camera/comment-page-1/#comment-238 Ravindra @ Symbian-Life Blog Mon, 14 Apr 2008 03:44:31 +0000 http://thenokiaguide.com/?p=116#comment-238 Great post and the comparisons are very illustrative!!!!!!!!!!!!And thanks for giving us some knowledge about using the gridline. Great post and the comparisons are very illustrative!!!!!!!!!!!!And thanks for giving us some knowledge about using the gridline.

]]> http://thenokiaguide.com/2008/04/09/getting-the-most-out-of-your-nseries%e2%80%99-camera/comment-page-1/#comment-239 Nokiottolo89 Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:23:09 +0000 http://thenokiaguide.com/?p=116#comment-239 Nokia 6120 macro setup!!! [URL=http://imageshack.us][IMG]http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/952/17032008043vu8.jpg[/IMG][/URL] http://img260.imageshack.us/my.php?image=17032008039wq3.jpg Nokia 6120 macro setup!!!
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]]> http://thenokiaguide.com/2008/04/09/getting-the-most-out-of-your-nseries%e2%80%99-camera/comment-page-1/#comment-240 zxon Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:17:25 +0000 http://thenokiaguide.com/?p=116#comment-240 There are two kinds of digital zoom. One type is as you indicated in the blog, where the phone crops the image to the "zoomed" bit of the image and then enlarges the picture, therefore decreasing quality. This is the technique used on the N95. Another type is when the image is simply cropped, but not enlarged. In truth, this doesn't decrease image quality, but it means that you're not taking your photos at the expected size (e.g. 5MP for the N95). You could be taking photos at 3MP, 1MP or even at QVGA resolutions if you zoom in far enough. This is used on some other Nseries phones, such as the N70. It's worth noting which of these techniques your phone camera or regular digital camera uses, but in the end they're both pointless. The former decreases quality so you may as well get closer (as you've pointed out), and the latter just crops the image which makes me ask "Why zoom in at all, when you can crop the image yourself?". All in all, an excellent guide. I know how to use the gridlines now :) There are two kinds of digital zoom.
One type is as you indicated in the blog, where the phone crops the image to the “zoomed” bit of the image and then enlarges the picture, therefore decreasing quality. This is the technique used on the N95.
Another type is when the image is simply cropped, but not enlarged. In truth, this doesn’t decrease image quality, but it means that you’re not taking your photos at the expected size (e.g. 5MP for the N95). You could be taking photos at 3MP, 1MP or even at QVGA resolutions if you zoom in far enough. This is used on some other Nseries phones, such as the N70.
It’s worth noting which of these techniques your phone camera or regular digital camera uses, but in the end they’re both pointless. The former decreases quality so you may as well get closer (as you’ve pointed out), and the latter just crops the image which makes me ask “Why zoom in at all, when you can crop the image yourself?”.
All in all, an excellent guide. I know how to use the gridlines now

]]> http://thenokiaguide.com/2008/04/09/getting-the-most-out-of-your-nseries%e2%80%99-camera/comment-page-1/#comment-241 Meraj Chhaya Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:11:13 +0000 http://thenokiaguide.com/?p=116#comment-241 Very interesting article, will really help in my shots :) Very interesting article, will really help in my shots

]]> http://thenokiaguide.com/2008/04/09/getting-the-most-out-of-your-nseries%e2%80%99-camera/comment-page-1/#comment-242 Ultraman666 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:45:51 +0000 http://thenokiaguide.com/?p=116#comment-242 Nice thoughts good idea with the flash thanks Nice thoughts good idea with the flash thanks

]]> http://thenokiaguide.com/2008/04/09/getting-the-most-out-of-your-nseries%e2%80%99-camera/comment-page-1/#comment-243 wcoenen Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:23:12 +0000 http://thenokiaguide.com/?p=116#comment-243 Nice trick with the auto-focus. I was aware that you could get and keep the "green focus square" by focusing on something else before taking a shot, but I did not realize that you could use this for anything other than messing up the picture :) As an aside, do you have any insights to offer on how the auto-focusing process actually works? Does it use a metric of "sharpness" on the perceived image while adjusting the lens? Has the red LED anything to do with it? Nice trick with the auto-focus.
I was aware that you could get and keep the “green focus square” by focusing on something else before taking a shot, but I did not realize that you could use this for anything other than messing up the picture
As an aside, do you have any insights to offer on how the auto-focusing process actually works? Does it use a metric of “sharpness” on the perceived image while adjusting the lens? Has the red LED anything to do with it?

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